from Jon Miller, Associate Professor of English, The University of Akron, Ohio, USA.

Early UA materials found

For the Akron Beacon-Journal, Colette M. Jenkins reports on the discovery of archival materials for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron, which oversaw Buchtel College until 1913. It contains some details that might amuse current students:

The Universalists administered the college until
1913, with ministers of the Akron church serving as its presidents.
That year, it became a municipal college, which is now the University
of Akron.

A Buchtel Leaflets
publication that was among the documents in the box reveals that
college tuition was $40 in 1885. Room rent was $10 to $30. Steam
heating and gas was $12. The college offered three courses of study and
required candidates for the freshman class to pass exams in Greek,
Latin, math, drawing and English.